Location

Your haven by the Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio Suites & Spa is in an amazing location - right in the middle of Florence’s historic center, only 50 meters from the Ponte Vecchio.

Placed on a quiet street in the pedestrian-only area parallel to the Arno River, you’re just steps away from the best boutiques, jewelers, and art galleries.

A short walk will bring you to any number of Florence’s main museums and sights: stroll a few hundred meters to the Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Garden, or allow yourself just a few minutes to get to the Uffizi Gallery, Piazza Signoria, the Duomo or the designer stores along Via de’ Tornabuoni.

By Car

Arriving from the Motorway A1 exit at FIRENZE SUD (at km.300.9). Continue straight through the junction, following VIA MARCO POLO and you will head towards the city and across the river Arno. Just after crossing the river turn left and continue along with the river on your left, this is LUNGARNO ALDO MORO, which becomes LUNGARNO COLOMBO and then LUNGARNO DEL TEMPIO. At the last traffic lights, you have to turn right onto VIA GIOVANNI AMENDOLA, keep carefully to the left and at the next lights turn left onto VIA DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI and just after turn again to the left onto VIALE DELLA GIOVANE ITALIA, heading back towards the river. Stay in the left lane and as you turn left you will continue along LUNGARNO PECORI GIRALDI, swing right onto the bridge, PONTE SAN NICCOLÒ, crossing the river. At the end of the bridge turn right onto LUNGARNO CELLINI, go past the traffic cameras and continue straight along LUNGARNO CELLINI, which becomes LUNGARNO SERRISTORI and then, passing the next bridge, past the traffic cameras, straight onto LUNGARNO TORRIGIANI. Pass the traffic cameras on VIA DE’ BARDI and continue straight into via de’ Barbadori. Immediately take the small street on your right, VIA DE’ BELFREDELLI and you have arrived at PONTE VECCHIO SUITES & SPA. We recommend you park in the “Lungarno” parking garage which is at the end of the small road on the right and only 10 meters from our entrance.

Limited Traffic Zone (ZTL)

As in many Italian city centers, the historic center of Florence is closed off to most traffic to keep the streets free for pedestrians. There is some traffic but only of local residents and others with special permits. The whole area is marked as a zone of limited traffic (known as the ZTL, “zona a traffico limitato”).

As the Ponte Vecchio Suites & Spa is in the historic heart of Florence it lies inside this zone.

Entry by car into the ZTL is tracked by special cameras. You can travel with your own car only with permission and this involves communicating with the hotel your license plate number and time of arrival.

Every time you want to drive into the zone you must tell hotel reception in advanceyour license number and the time you will be driving in. If our staff has not been informed, and are therefore unable to communicate in time to the proper authorities, your entry to the ZTL will be considered unauthorized and you will be sanctioned appropriately.

It is forbidden to drive into the ZTL from 1st January 2019, from 00.00 to 24.00, Monday to Sunday, for mopeds, motor vehicles and cars registered as EURO 1 petrol and EURO 2 diesel.

By Train

The main train station of Florence – Santa Maria Novella – is just 1 km from our hotel.

You can take a taxi (about €8 - €12), or the bus (number “D”), or walk (about 15 minutes).

We can also arrange private transportation for you, just let us know.

By Air

The airport of Florence – Peretola – is about 8 km from the hotel.

You can take a taxi (about €25-€30) or by public transport to the main train station.

There is no direct train service from the airport, only bus. The airport at Pisa – Galileo Gallilei – is larger and is about 65km away. It is served by bus and train via Pisa central to Florence’s main train station or by the “Terravision” bus (about €6).

In accordance with applicable privacy laws (D.lgs n. 196 of 2003, as integrated by EU Regulation n. 679, 2016), we would like to take this opportunity to inform you that your personal data will be processed in an ethical and transparent manner, only for lawful purposes, legal reasons, and in a manner that safeguards your privacy and your rights.

Processing takes place manually and using IT tools, and is done for the following purposes:

To obtain and confirm your booking of accommodations and other services, and to provide such services as requested. Since this processing is required to define our business relationship and to perform our contract with you, your consent is considered given in the moment you provide us your data, unless specific “sensitive” information is submitted. Should you refuse to submit your personal data, we will not be able to confirm your booking or provide you with the requested services. Processing shall cease once you check out, although some of your personal information may (or in some instances, has to) continue to be processed for the purposes and in the manner described below;

To comply with our “Public Safety Law”(Article 109 Royal Decree n. 773, 18/6/1931) which requires that we provide identification data of our guests to the police, for purposes of public safety, as established by the Home Office (Decree 7 January 2013). Data submission is mandatory, and does not require your consent. Should you refuse to provide such information, we will not be able to host you in our hotel. Data acquired for such purposes will not be retained by us for a period that exceeds the need , unless you provide consent for their retention as required under point 4, 5 and 6;

To comply with applicable administrative, accounting, and tax regulations. For these purposes, your consent is not required. Personal information is processed by us and our persons in charge of data processing, and is disclosed outside the company only when and if required by law. Should you refuse to submit the required data for the above purposes, we will not be able to provide you with the requested services. Data acquired for such purposes is retained by us for the required statutory period (up to 10 years from your departure);

To speed-up check-in on your next visit to our hotel. For such purposes, upon obtaining your consent (which can be revoked at any moment), your information will be retained for a maximum of 36 months, and will be used the next time you are our guest; for the reasons listed above;

To allow you to receive messages and telephone calls during your stay. Your consent is required for such purposes. You can revoke your consent at any time. Such processing, when consent is granted, will end when you check out;

To send you advertising messages and updates on special rates and promotions. For this purpose, upon obtaining your consent, your information shall be retained for a maximum of 36 months, and will not be disclosed to third parties. You may revoke your consent at any moment;

To protect persons, property, and company assets, using a video-surveillance system for some areas of the hotel, which are duly identified by signs. Your consent is not required for such processing because it is conducted according to our legitimate interest to safeguard persons and property against potential violence, theft, robbery, damage, and vandalism. Surveillance is also conducted for purposes of fire prevention and occupational safety and health. Recorded images are erased after 24 hours, except on holidays or other days the business is closed; images are never retained for more than one week. These images are not subject to third-party disclosure, except as required to comply with a specific demand of a court or the police.

We also would like to inform you that the European Regulation grants you certain rights, including rights of access to, adjustment, erasure, limitation of, or objection to the processing of your data, as well as data portability rights, when and insofar as applicable (Articles 15-22 of the EU Regulations n. 679, 2016). You can also file a complaint to the Data Protection Authority, according to the procedures enforced on the basis of the applicable regulations.

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